Fig 7.

Graphs show post–fat-formula plasma lipid responses to increasing dietary cholesterol. Total, low-density lipoprotein (LDL), and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and plasma triglyceride levels were measured just before and 4 and 8 hours after a standard, high-fat formula providing 53 g fat per square meter, 60 000 U vitamin A per square meter, and 300 mg cholesterol. All 20 subjects had this test on each of the four diets. There was no effect of increasing dietary cholesterol intake on the response (area) to this high-fat meal, after correcting for fasting (zero) levels. Absolute levels of total and LDL cholesterol were higher throughout the post–fat-formula period on the 4-egg diet compared with the 0-egg diet.